Tag: Giuseppe Verdi

The successful concert version of Verdi’s Falstaff, directed by Maestro Riccardo Muti, was the closing event of the homage to William Shakespeare. The audience applauded the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and the cast, including opera stars like Ambrogio Maestri, Luca Salsi, Saimir Pirgu and Daniela Barcellona, Rosa Feola, Laura Polverelli, Eleonora Buratto in the roles of…

Great celebrations to honour Giuseppe Verdi were held at the Moscow Conservatory , where, on the evening of October 20th, the soprano Maria Guleghina was the star of a concert dedicated to the master of Busseto. The Russian diva – despite some health problems – did not want to miss the event and amazed her…

To celebrate the bicentenary of the birth of Giuseppe Verdi , the Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona has organized a series of concerts to offer the public a wide vision on one of the most important composers of the 19th century. Among the protagonists of the first concerts, the Italian diva Desirèe Rancatore, who…

It’s unquestionable! Lady Maxwell cannot resist the call of the Rossini Opera Festival and so, once again, did not miss the event! The main opera of the festival was “Guillaume Tell”, the last of a long series written by the genius of Rossini. The director of this “opera summa” was the talented maestro Michele Mariotti,…

Anna Netrebko sparkling in Salzburg! This year many opera divas have attended the Salzburg Festival; among them, Anna Netrebko. The superstar was the protagonist of one of the less know works by Giuseppe Verdi – Giovanna d’Arco. In this concert-form production the Russian soprano had two superstar male partners – the brilliant Francesco Meli and…